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Full name: Xufen Wu

Education:

    09/2006-03/2010: Ph.D. in Astronomy, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK. Thesis topic: Galactic Dynamics in MOdified Newtonian Dynamics, supervisor: Dr. HongSheng Zhao.

    09/2001-09/2005: B.Sc. in Astrophysics, Department of Astronomy and Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China. Thesis topic: Cosmological Evolution of Fine Structure Constant, supervisor: Prof. Shouping Xiang.

Positions:

    04/2018-now: Associate Professor in Department of Astronomy, University of Science and Technology of China

    11/2014-03/2018: Associate Researcher in Department of Astronomy, University of Science and Technology of China

    11/2011-12/2013: Alexander von Humboldt postdoc fellowship in Argelander-Institut fuer Astronomie der Universitaet Bonn

    06/2010-10/2011: Postdoc fellowship in Max-Planck-Insitut fuer extraterrestrische Physik

Grants and Research Projects:

    01/2021-12/2024: NSFC research grant

    01/2019-12/2021: USTC start-up research grant

    07/2017-06/2019: Anhui Natural Science Foundation grant

    01/2016-12/2018: Hundred Talents Project of Anhui Province

    01/2016-12/2018: Youth fund, supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China grants.

    01/2015-12/2016: Youth innovation fund, supported by ``the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities''.

    11/2011-12/2013: Alexander von Humboldt post-doctoral fellowship.

    02/2009-04/2009: HPC-Europa2 (High Performance Computing and Visualization) funded Transnational Access programme, of SARA Computing and Networking Services in Netherlands

    09/2006-08/2009: SUPA (Scottish Universities Physics Alliance) prize studentship for PhD.

Teaching in USTC:

    2020, 2021, 2023: Thermal Physics (B) for CS/mathematics students;

    Spring 2019 - present : Thermal Physics (A) for physics students;

Research Interests: Galactic dynamics, MOdified Newtonian Dynamics, Cold Dark Matter, Numerical Simulations - method of Schwarzschild and N-body

Newsletter interview: HPC-Europa2 newsletter, on the project funded by HPC SARA, the Netherlands: HPC-Europa2 newsletter Vol9

Reviewer Experiences:

    International journals : Astronomy and Astrophysics; The Astrophysical Journal; Physics Letters B; Modern Physics Letters A; The Open Astronomy Journal; Astrophysics and Space Science; New Astronomy; Galaxies

    Chinese journal(s) : Progress in Astronomy

The full publications list is at : My publications      ORCID ID